Some typical scenes: Pony and kid: The pony tugs the kid to the next clump of grass. Rider, horse and lunge: The horse pulls on the lunge and finally the rider follows the direction of movement of the horse. Horse, rider and vet: The vet needs to intervene because the rider is not able to…
This is the nightmare of every rider: The horse suddenly walks in a stiff way, has muscle tremors and attacks of sweating. In very dangerous cases it even refuses any further kind of movement. Then the rider immediately needs to understand that the horse possibly can be affected of an Equine exertional rhabdomyolysis (also known…
After a long winter every horse hungers for the first days on the pasture in the sun. But these pastures are the home of many larvae and parasites that can easily enter and infect the horses’ organism with worms. Only regular deworming, hygiene and special rules in the stable help to avoid a worm infestation….
During the winter period horses needs special feed. Some horses suffer from the lack of fresh grass from the pasture and the cold temperatures. We collected some useful advices for the correct horse feeding. The winter pelage In the winter period the horse changes its coat. Linseed oil, neem oil, corn, flax, mash and minerals…
More and more horses come down with allergies. Horses can exhibit a high variety of symptoms what makes the diagnosis quite difficult. Generally allergies are not curable. Horse owners can only try to improve their horses´ quality of life. In the last decades the number of horses with allergies continuously increased. The cause is easy…